Rembrandtish
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Head there for a little Van Gogh sunshine when you need an antidote to all that Rembrandtish shade.
From Time • Aug. 11, 2011
The picture was broadly painted, three-quarter size, with a Rembrandtish effect, as Sir Joshua detected when the canvas was shown to him.
From Art in England Notes and Studies by Cook, Dutton
There is an almost unparalleled breadth, which gives the work a Rembrandtish effect in all the chief scenes.
From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett
All the muddy browns of the studio, with the yellow smear that passes for Rembrandtish light, are but the monkey tricks of lesser men.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James
It was a low dark shop, in the window of which were exhibited two or three handsomely carved frames, very much the worse for flies, and one oil-painting, of a mysterious and Rembrandtish character.
From Birds of Prey by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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